Veterans no longer trust VA hospital for care

11:20 PM,
Oct. 11, 2013

Written by

Fred Lucas
| Guest Columnist

On the resident's desk is a report from the Office of Special Counsel reported by Jerry Mitchell's Sept. 22 article highlighting how the Jackson VA hospital is mismanaged by its current leaders.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has consistently failed to take responsibility for identified problems. These include cases of substantiated misconduct of violations of state and federal law.

The report from the Office of Special Counsel states that the VA hospital in Jackson is still deficient in patient care. Management named in the report are Veterans Integrated Service Network Chief ...